时间：04/05/2025 04/06/2025
地点：星海禅修中心
主讲：Otto Huang
佛法修行
面不改色的优波先那
有一次，尊者优波先那与尊者舍利弗，来到摩揭陀国首都王舍城北方郊外墓地附近，住在一个名叫蛇头岩的地方。
蛇头岩有山洞，附近常有毒蛇出没。
这天，尊者优波先那独自一人在山洞中禅坐。不巧，有一条小毒蛇从顶上掉下来，落在尊者的身上，并且咬伤了尊者。
蛇毒很快地在尊者的身上起了作用，尊者知道自己被毒蛇咬了，但因蛇毒毒性已经发作而失去了行动能力。于是，尊者优波先那叫唤在洞外不远处树下的尊者舍利弗，对他说：
「舍利弗学友！毒蛇掉在我的身上，我被毒蛇咬了，你赶快进来，将我的身体搬到洞外。这个中毒的身躯，像握在手中的米糠团，现在已经松了手，很快地就要崩散掉一样。」
尊者舍利弗进洞来一看，没发现尊者优波先那的身体与容貌有任何异样，怀疑地问：
「优波先那学友！可是，我看你的容貌与身体状况，和平常一样啊，怎么会说身体中毒了，即将坏散，要我将你的身体移出去呢？这到底是怎么一回事？」
尊者优波先那告诉尊者舍利弗说：
「舍利弗学友！如果有人认为自己的眼睛等六根是我，或是我的，那么，或许被毒蛇咬了，临终前他的身体、脸色就会有异样，我是不会这样认为的，所以，舍利弗学友！我的身体、脸色怎么会有异样呢！」
尊者舍利弗明白了，赞叹道：
「正是，优波先那学友！你早已离我、我所、我慢，离一切烦恼系着，而且是从根本断除，就像截断多罗树的树根一样，以后永远不会再生起了，所以，身体和脸色怎么会有异样呢！」
于是，尊者舍利弗将尊者优波先那的身躯移出洞外，尊者优波先那随即入灭了，身躯一如松开的米糠团一样，坏散了。
Date: 04/05/2025 04/06/2025
Location: Star Ocean Meditation Center
Teacher: Otto Huang
Dharma Talk
The Unflinching Upasena
One time, the Venerable Upasena and the Venerable Sāriputta arrived at the outskirts of the capital Rājagaha in the kingdom of Magadha. They stayed near a place called Snake-Head Rock.
Snake-Head Rock had caves, and venomous snakes frequently roamed the area.
On this day, the Venerable Upasena was meditating alone inside a cave. Unfortunately, a small venomous snake fell from above, landed on him, and bit him.
The snake’s venom quickly took effect. The Venerable Upasena knew he had been bitten, but the poison had already paralyzed his body. Unable to move, he called out to the Venerable Sāriputta, who was sitting under a tree not far outside the cave, and said:
”Friend Sāriputta! A venomous snake has fallen onto me and bitten me. Hurry inside and move my body outside. This poisoned body is like a handful of rice husks held in the hand—now that the hand has loosened, it is about to scatter apart.”
The Venerable Sāriputta entered the cave and looked at him. However, he saw no change in Upasena’s body or facial expression. Puzzled, he asked:
”Friend Upasena! But I see that your appearance and body look just as usual. Why do you say that your body has been poisoned, is about to decay, and that I should move you outside? What is going on?”
The Venerable Upasena replied:
”Friend Sāriputta! If someone believes that their six senses—including their eyes—are ‘self’ or ‘mine,’ then perhaps when bitten by a venomous snake and nearing death, their body and complexion would change. But I do not hold such a view. So, friend Sāriputta, why would my body or facial expression change?”
The Venerable Sāriputta understood and praised him:
”Indeed, friend Upasena! You have long been free from self, from possessiveness, from conceit. You are free from all attachments and have severed them at the root—just like a tala tree whose roots have been cut and will never grow again. So how could your body or facial expression possibly change?”
Then, the Venerable Sāriputta carried the Venerable Upasena’s body outside the cave. At that moment, the Venerable Upasena entered final Nirvana. His body, like a handful of loosened rice husks, crumbled and dispersed.
